Notomys robustus

Mahoney, M. J. Smith, & Medlin, 2008

Broad-cheeked Hopping Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Hydromyini
Genus : Notomys

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Mahoney, J.A., Smith, M.J. and Medlin, G.C. 2008. A new species of hopping-mouse, _Notomys robustus_ sp. nov. (Rodentia: Muridae), from cave deposits in the Flinders and Davenport Ranges, South Australia. Australian Mammalogy 29:117-135.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1071/AM07017

Original name as described

Notomys robustus

Other common names

Great Hopping Mouse

Type material

SAMA P19967

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Upper Level, Cave D (30° 57' S, 139° 15' E), Chambers Gorge, NE Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia

Country distribution

Australia

Taxonomy notes

recently described extinct species

Taxonomy notes citation

Mahoney, J.A., Smith, M.J., Medlin, G.C. 2007. A new species of hopping-mouse, Notomys robustus sp. nov. (Rodentia: Muridae), from cave deposits in the Flinders and Davenport Ranges, South Australia. Australian Mammalogy 29: 117-135.

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

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